Machine for wrapping cigars and similar articles



F. GROVER V Dec. 9, 1930.

MACHINE FOR WRAPPING CIGARS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES Filed Nov. 24,

1928 9 Sheets-Sheet l INVENZ'OR Frederzck Grover zoning Sofin ATTORNEY F. GROVER MACHINE FOR WRAPPING CIGARS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES 1928 9 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. Irederzck Grover Filed Nov. 24

ATTORNEY Dec. 9, 1930. F. GRovER 1,784,349

INVENTOR lr'edemcit' Grover A TTORNE Y F. GROVER Dec. 9, 1930.

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MAQHINE FOR WRAPPING CIGARS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES Filed Nov. 24, 1928 9 Sheets-Sheet 8 INVENTOR J "r' aerial Grover By ATTO 9 SheeIs-Sheet 9 F. GROVER Filed Nov. 24. 1928 i a 1 mm!er'ick VBY a w P CRIIIILI L I 1111 ll l l l w rllllllll I I! ll- Lw ll u L I m F. I 9 A W E 7 6 II N Z MACHINE FOR WRAPPING CIGARS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES Patented Dec. 9, 1930 rarmnnxcx'enovmi,

OF LEEDS, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOB TO THE FOEGBOVE MACHINERY COMPANY LIMITED, OI LEEDS, ENGLAND MACHINE FOB WRAPPING CIGARS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES Application filed November 24, 1928. Serial 1T0. 821,619.

This invention pertains to wrapping machines of the kind that receives cigars or similar articles having tapered or rounded ends,

- and a supply of wrapping material such as 5 tinfoil sheets, and delivers the goods wrapped andend-locked.

The objects of the invention are to provide a machine adapted to produce at a very high rate of delivery, completely wrapped articles such as cigars, that are commercially exact duplications of the most expert han wrapping.

Machines embodying my invention attain high production speed by reason of the fact that the wrapping operation is not carried to completion at a single place or station in the machine, or even at two stations, but 8.

- part is done at each of three successive stations and other parts are done in transit from one station to the next. The cigar, bein the kind of goods selected for purpose 0 description, is speedily trans orted from the first station to the second an from the second to the third and thence discharged. The

mechanisms at all three stations are made to perform their respective parts of the wrapping operation simultaneously, and according to this principle three cigars are in progress of being wrapped at the same time. This gives a production rate approximately three times as fast as is possible in machines that carry the wrapping to completion at one station, and twice as fast as in machines that carry it to completion in two stations, because in such machines the later stages of wrapping must necessarily be delayed until the completion of the earlier stages.

Machines made in accordance with the mode in which I apply the above mentioned principle attain the required degree of accuracy and closeness of fit of the wrapper to the tapered or rounded ends of the cigar by so performing each step of the folding oporation that a gusset. a flap. a pointed end, or any such formation of the wrapper is developed in its proper sequence. and is accurately drawn into place and smoothed and held there bymcchanicul means until the next step in the wrapping process has progressed far enough to enable the wrapping material itself to hold the and accurately a ainst the cigar.

There is no ris of undoing or disturbing the adjacent parts of the wrapper while compie-ting the subsequent steps. Nor is there any li elihood of such disarrangement when the cigar is handled b the dealer or con sumer, because the fol s at the ends of the the cigar are very perfectly locked together. Stated in other words, the formation of each fold at the time it is formed is such as to con-- form to the shape of the cigar and because it is mechanically held so as not to be disturbed by the fOlmt'ttlOIl Of any later folds, its original lay on the cigar is its final lay. The wrapping material having been folded to fit closely does not have to he s ueezed, crushed or forced down into shape y dies or other forming molds after the wra per has been ostensibly completed, an expe ient heretofore common especiall in cigar wrapping machines; Accurate an sharply defined foldings and creasings are produced by the abrupt edges of the forming elements, which :onstitutes a feature of novelty in my invein Another object of the invention is to produce a machine that will wrap cigars with either heavy foil or light foil, or with light foil backed with tissue paper or the like, either cemented to the foil, or loose. What ever wra ping material is used there is no chance or development of undesirable bulges, humps or air pockets in the wrapper in the vicinity of the tapered or roundedcigar tip.

With the foregoing and certain other ob jects in view, which will appear later in the specification, my invention'c'omprises the devices described and claimed and the equivalents thereof.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a plan view of so much of a machine for wrapping cigars us is required to illustrate the construction of the example of this invention having three principal operating stations.

Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation of the mechanism located at the first station. the cigar shown in process of being wrapped in tubular form.

newly formed part snugly Hill Figs. 3 and 4 are diagrammatic end views showing the way of bringing the wrapper into tubular form by tucking its edges or laps under the cigar.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the machine, showing a preferred means for flattening the tubular ends of the wrapper.

Figs. 6 and 7 are diagrammatic views showing the wrapper before end-flattening and afterwards.

Fig. 8, is a similar diagrammatic view, showing the manner of forming the end gus- Fig. 9 is a part sectional side view of the gusset-forming and gussetear-tucking de- VlCeS.

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Fig. 10 is end view of the tucking finger as viewed'in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 9.

F ig. 11 is a rear view in perspective of the gusset-forming device in action.

Fig. 12 is a diagrammatic detail view of the gussets soformed.

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the gussetear tucker in osition ready for operation. I

Fig. 14 is a iagrammatic detail view of the gusset ears folded one upon the other.

' Fig. 15 is a plan view partly broken away,

the working table of the machine, the turret and gripping fingers removed.

Fig. 16 is a perspective rear view showing the tucking fingers at the end of their working stroke, the rear wings of the gussets tucked under the tip of the cigar.

Fig. 17 is a diagrammatic detail the rear wing tucked in shown in Fig. 16.

Fig. 18is a diagrammatic view of the wrapper with both the rear wing and front wing tucked in place.

Fig. 19 is a view of the advancing face of the cigar and grippers as they appear upon leaving the second station and approaching the third station.

Fig. 20 is a perspective view of the cigar and the upstanding blades at the third station.

Fig. 21 is a pers ectivc detail view end tucker at the tliird station.

Fig. 22 is a vertical sectional view of the down wiper and certain other parts shown in Fi .20.

ig. 23 is a diagrammatic view of the spear-shaped end of the wrapper in its downwardly bent position.

Fig. 24 isan elevation showing the cigar at the second station and the associated mechanisms used to impart motion to the gusset forming and ear-folding devices.

Fig. 25 is a' view, partly broken away,inelevation, of the mechanism at the third station.

Fig. 26 is an elevation view seen from a position at right angles to the view of Fig. 25, the end wipers removed.

Both Figs. 25 and 26 show the cigar immeshowing place by the means \of the diately prior to folding down the final spear pointed pro'cction of the wrapper.

In the em iment of the invention which is illustrated herein the following operations are performed in sequence, reference being had to Fi s. 1 and 2.

At the rst station the cigars 1 are lifted, one at a time from any suitable source of supply, such as a feed disk, not shown, by means of a plunger 2, which raises the cigar until it contacts with the under side of a sheet of wrapping material 3 that is resting on a horizontal table 4 formed with an opening 5 to allow the cigar to pass upwards through the table. Similarly, successive wrappers are fed in unison with the uprisings of the plunger. After the plunger has lifted the cigar until it meets the wrapper it continues to rise, carrying the cigar and wrapper past two folding blades or side checks 6, bringing the wra er into inverted U-shape about the cigar. when the )hnger arrives at its uppermost position the wrapper and the cigar are gripped by fingers 7, 7 that are situated on a turret head 8, as shown in Fig. 2. There are preferably four pairs of grippers on the turret head, and the head and grippers are actuated so that in turn each pair 0 grippers grasps a cigar, enshrouded in its wrapper, at the first station in the manner described, cnrries it swiftly to the second station. where it dwells while certain of the end-folding and shaping operations are performed; thence to the third station where the final operations are done and from whence the cigar is dis-' charged out of the machine. As a preferred features of this embodiment of the invention, the parts are so arranged that in passing from the first station to the second and from the second to the third certain intermediate endflattening and folding operations occur automatically. as will be later described.

Referring to Fig. 2, at the first station the marginal edge of the depending flap 9 of the U-shaped sheet of wrapping material is pushed under the cigar. This occurs after the plunger 2 has descended and while the cigar is in the grasp of thc gripping fingers. This pushing action upon the first depending iiap 9 is accomplished by mcans of a horizontally movable plate 1 passing closely under the cigar and moving in the same dircction in which the cigar travels. but at a higher speed so as to catch up to it and lap the rear marginal edge of the wrapper underneath. as is indicated diagrammatically inl ig. 3. The plate receives its reciprocating movemeat from a cam 11 and lever 12 and link 13 connections see Fig. 1). While the plate 10 is still hol ing the edge 9 of the wrapping material lapped under the cigar and while the turret head is moving forward. the marginal edge of the remaining depending flap 14 meets with a fixed blade 1.). as shown in Fig. 2, and iinviping over it this second depending marginal edge of the wrapper is drawn under. the cigar. as shown in Fig. 4-.

The wrapper is now in tubular form around the cigar and is passing on its way to the second station. The next phase of the operation may take place at the second station, but it preferably occurs during the passage of the cigar from the first station to the second. In this phase the tubular end of the wrapperprojecting beyond the end of the cigar passes etween a pair of suitably shaped stationary deflecting plates 16, 17, Figs 1 and 5, that flatten the tubular ends into elliptical shape, see Fig. 7 and in so doing make the upper and lower surfaces 18, 19 of the fold contact closely with the cigar, one along the top and the other along the bottom of the tip from its base to its point. The beginning of this flattening operation is shown in Fig. 5. The result of the operation in detail before and after the end flattening, is indicated diagrammatically in Figs 6 and 7 respectively.

By this end flattening operation a space 20 indicated by dotted lines, heretofore usually left between the wrap er and the cigar, constituting an objectiona le air pocket, is eliminated.

In its travel from station 1 to station 2 the partially wrapped cigar in the grasp of the grippers sweeps over the surface of a table 21 so as to retain both the first and second laps 9, 14, in position by holding them in over-lying relation li htly against the body portion of the cigar. ear the second station the table is sufiiciently narrowed at 22, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, to permit the ends of the wrapper to reject over the table edge so the folding mechanisms at the second station can function.

At station number two. as the next step in the operation, a tucker 23. which is one of several co-operating end-forming devices, rises under the cigar and, while pushing it up against an overhead abutment which will be presently described, forms a plait (Fig. 8) in the extension of the wrapper beyond the parallel part of the cigar. The position of the tucker .23 before rising is shown in Fig. 9. Its tucking operation on rising is shown in Fig. ll. and will now be described.

A small upward movement of the cigar, as it slips slightly inthe grasp of the fingers due to the upward push of the tucker, is urrested by means of a stationary abutment member 24 designated the top presser. the nni'rginul edge of whose under face 25 is shaped to tit the tapered contour of the cigar from the base of its tip to its point.

An outward extension '26 of the under fare of the top presser 23 i provides an additional abutment surface against whirh the top oi the extreme outer end of the plait or gusset is flattened. being pinched between this i'acc,

acting as an anvil and an outwardly projecting die-like extension 27 on the rising gusset tucker, as shown in Figs. 11 and 9.

Considering a more specific aspect of the i gusset or plait forming phase of the invention, the shape and configuration of the upper working face of the tucker 23 causes it to operate according to a novel mode which will now be explained, reference being had to Fig. 11. 1\

The contours of the working edges 28 of the tucker as viewed from above is identical with the shape of the gusset to be formed, and its upper or working face is hollowed out to receive the tapered tip of the cigar, so that when the tucker 23 rises its divergent marginal V-edges 28 will snugly fit and press the wrapper against the lower part of the cigar tip so as to form a sharp crease at the root of each of the two ears that are about to be formed to constitute the side walls 29', 30 of the gusset, see Fig. 12. It will be observed that the plaiting is demarked by the upper marginal V edges 28 of the tucker while the cigar is supported by the tucker, and that the cigar tip itself is not subjected to any impacts or squeezing pressures likely to crack a delicate surface such as a thin tobaeco leaf.

Pirotally mounted on the tucker carriage, as shown in Fig. 9, is a spring-pressed finger 31 that is capable of limited up and down yielding 'movei'nent to contact. with the wrapper at the base of the cigar tip justbeifore the gusset tucker proper begins to make its aplait, thus holding together the marginal laps 9 14 of the wrapper during the subsequent gusset-forming operation. The normal upwardly in d position, Fig. 13, of this upwardly s ung finger is such that when its free end is pressed up against the marginal laps the place of contact of the finger against the cigar travels lengthwise or outward along the cigar tip from its base toward its point. The frictional rub of the spring linger 31 onthe overlapped margins 9, 14 draws the foil into snug close-fitting position along theunder face of the cigar, tip clear to the end of the tip just before the V-edges Q8 of the tucker proper engage the wrapper and positively demark the limits of the subsequent gusset folds, as above described.

Another advantage of the spring finger 31 is that it enables the gusset iurker to work on cigar ends of different sizes, because the spring finger conforms readily to the different sizes and shapes.

The result of the operation of the spring finger and tucker is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 8. Where it is seen that the lateral edges 2%. 30a, of the tucked end of the wrapper bulge outwardly at the sides right and left. 7

Two oppositely positioned wiping fingers 32, Figs. 11, 13, 15 and 16, yieldingly pressed toward each other descend alongside the tapered cigar tip, wiping closely down along the side walls 23a of the gusset tucker 23 so as to fold down and flatten the walls of these lateral bulges 29a, 30a, bringing them to the shape shown in Fig. 12, thus producing the two depending cars 29, 30. The wiping fingers 32, 33 are secured to the two opposite outer faces of a frame 49, as shown in Figs. 15 and 24:, by means of spring connections that permit the fingers 32, 33 to have a small amount of yielding movement toward and away from each other, as above mentioned.

Thus, by means of the three elements,

. namely, the top presser 24, the rising springfingered gusset tucker 23, 31, and the downwardly descending wiping fingers 32 and 33, the projecting end of the wrapper is made to conform closely with the upper face of the tapered tip of the cigar; the overlying marginal laps 9, 14 constituting the longitudinal seam of the wrapper are held together while being smoothed and shaped to the under side of the tip; and the lateral bulges 29a, 30a

. of thewrapper resulting from those operain the plan view perspective in Fig. 16

tions are smoothed down and formed into two parallel depei'iding f 14 or cars 29, 30 which are of sufficient length so that upon being folded under, as shown in Fig. 14, one overlaps the other and together they envelope crosswise a' considerable portion of the lower quadrant of the tapered tip. the folds extending clear back to the body of the cigar, thereby producing a strong interlocking effect to keep the tapered tip tightly wra )ped.

To fold the depending ears 29, 30 shown in Fig. 12 into the overlapped and interlocked position shown in Fig. 14 I provide a pivoted tucking finger 34 which is shown of Fig. 15 and also in The ear-tucking finger 34 is located just above the top of the down wiper 32, 33 and is, therefore unobstructed in its pivotal movement. The pivot 35v of this tucking finger carries at its lower end a horizontally projecting arm for turning the fingers, the arms being actuated by means which will be described later.

The descent of the wipers below the cigar brings the tucking finger 34 into the horizontal plane of the end of the wrapper so that upon giving the finger 3% a pivotal movement the end of the wrapper may be folded by it.

The action of the tucking finger 3 is an inward sweeping movement toward the central axis of the cigar that travels from the part of the (ig c--i ,l v ioward the point. thus ca i'czir ea. :fiiir?1 ia"Y\-;E hi cigar. 1;: liq i l their pressesthe folded ear 115i up against lhc under surface of the cigar tip. This result is due is the dished :iixi "1 the upper working face of the tucking fin er, as shown in Figs. 1, 9 and 10. The resu t of the first part of this operation, as so far described, is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 17.

The next step in the operation occurs just as the cigar leaves the second station and is on its way to the third station. In this movement the remaining depending ear 30 passes over an abutment member 36, Figs. 15 and 19, in the shape of a projecting edge suitably formed on one of the down wipers 3 3. The purpose of this abutment member 36 is to carry the ear 30 in and under the cigar and to fold it over 29, the one already folded, thus leaving a spear-like projection 37 of the Wrapper standing out from the end of the cigar at about thelevel of the point of the cigar ti as shown in Figs. 18 and 19.

During t e travel of the cigar from the second station to the third station this double under fold of the ears is kept in position b lightly bearing down upon the suitably slihped face of a guide rail member 38, as shown in Figs. 19 and 20.

The grippers now come to rest at the third station and in doing so the spear-shaped end folds 37 already made are ositioned above the upper end of an upstan ingblade 39, as shown in Figs. 20 and 26.

A shaped end-Wiper 40, shown in detail in Fig. 21, now descends and straddles or embraces the tip of the cigar at both its sides and end, and being formed slightly tapered so as to be narrower at the top than the cigar, the wiper eventually exerts side pressure on the cigar and also pushes it downward so that preferably the cigar may, if necessary, slip downward, a short distance in the grippers. The grippers, however, are timed to 0 en and release as nearly as possible at this moment so as to minimize any disturbance of the wrapper that might be caused by too great resistance to the downward slippage of the cigar.

During. the first part of the end-wipers downward movement the vertical blade 39 remains stationary and consequently the slight downward movement of the cigar, permitted by its slipping or otherwise, causes the temporarily stationary upstanding blade 39 to act as a supporting means for the cigar and also to indent the foil and tighten the cross folded cars at a place close to the point of the cigar, as shown in Fig. 20.

From this stage of the operation onward the cigar descends, together with the endwiper 40 and with the vertical blade 39, all being preserved in the same relative position each to the other until the cigar coniacts the top face 41 of a shaped pedestal shown in Fig. 20, which prevents further lU 't'iIlWilITl motion of the cigar. The end- .xijitl and blade continue their downward movement and the narrow end 40a of the J-shupcd aperture of the cnd wiper descends and is adapted completely past the end of the cigar and in so doing tightly draws the foil over the top part of the cigar tip and doubles down the spear-shaped end 37. Meanwhile the resisting pressure of the receiving pedestal 41 acts upwardlyupon the overlying laps 9, 14 to clamp these very tightly against the lower surface of the cigar tip. The Wrapping is now completed and an ejector 42 shown in Fig. 20 removes the cigar from the pedestals and discharges it from the machine.

Having described the successive steps in the'operation of wrapping a cigar by this machine and the mechanism essential thereto, I will now explain, so far as may be necessary for the adequate setting forth of my invention, the principal devices by which I prefer to bring about the described movements in their proper sequence and in proper ly timed relation.

The advancing and retracting movements of the flat tucking plate 10 at the first station have already been described as being produced by a cam 11 with lever and link connections, Fig. 1.

At the second station the up-and-down movement of the gusset tucker is brought about by the following mechanism, reference being had to Fig. 24:

The tucker proper 23 is fixed to the upper end of a tucker rod or vertically movable bar 43, slidable in hearings on the frame. The lower end of this bar is attached to a sleeve 44 which itself is slidable on a fixed column for up-and-down movement through the link 46, the pivoted arm 47, the roller, and the cam 4.8 on the main cam shaft 53.

Also at the second station the upand-down movements of the down wipers and 33 are produced as follows:

he wipers proper are mounted on and form an integral part with a frame 49 fixed to the upper end of a vertically slidable rod 50 which is mounted in hearings on the mainhousing of the machine and is located parallel to the tucker rod 43 just referred to, as indicated in Fig. 1. The lower end of the slidable rod 50 is fixed'to an outer sleeve 51 which has vertical'movement on the inner sleeve l i. Sleeve 51 is moved up and down according to requirements by a cam 52 also fixed to the main shaft 53.

A roller 54 rides on the cam and is carried by a pivoted arm 55 which is connected by a link 56 with the outer sleeve 51.

The angular sweeping movement of the tucking finger 34 is attained as follows:

The pivot 35 of the tucking finger extends downward throu h a bore 5'4 in the vertically movable frame 49 and is rotatable therein. It carries at its lower end a horizontally projecting arm 58. The described angular sweeping movement of the tucking linger 34 is effected by a roller 59 carried by an arm 6O fixed to the same vertically movable rod 43 that carries the gusset tuckers 23, (see Fig. 11).

During the descent of the gusset tuckers' the roller 59 rides upon an inclined cam sur-' face 61 formed on a tumbler which is pivoted at 62 to a stationary standard 63 on the housing of the machine. Thus, in its downward movement, the roller 59, Figs. 11, 24, forces the cam-shaped end 61 of the tumbler outward against an anti-friction roller 64 mounted on the aforesaid arm 58. A suitable spring 65 is attached to the arm 58 and to the frame 49 for returning the pivot 35 and tucking finger 34 to their normal position.

Normally the roller 64 can run freely up and down along the back edge of the pivoted tumbler which is constrained to a vertical position between the rollers 59 and 64 until roller 59 has traveled down far enough to engage the inclined cam surface 61 on the tumbler, whereupon roller 59 commences to displace the lower end 61 of the pivoted tumbier, forcing it outwards and carrying roller as with it to turn the horizontal arm 58 and pivot 35 and its tucking finger 34.

The mechanism at the third station for producing the required movements of the end wiper 40 and of the upstanding blade 39 are shown in Figs. 22, 25 and 26.

The end wiper 40 is carried on the upper end of a vertical rod 66 which is slidable in suitable hearings on the housing, as shown in Fig. 25. The lower end of the rod 66 is crossconnected by means of pin 67 to a similar rod 66a and these rods are moved up and down by means of a link 68.

Movement is imparted to the link 68 by a pivoted lever 69 and a cam 70. The cam 70 is mounted on a drive shaft 71, being the same shaft that actuates the cam 11 for producing the sliding movement of the tucking plate 10 at the first station. This shaft 71, as also the previously described cam shaft 53 at station No. 2 are actuated by any suitable mechanism, such as that disclosed in Patent No. 1,517,059, issued to me November 25, 1924.

Whereas throughout this description I have described and illustrated the path of travel of the goods as being circular and defined by the rotary movement of a turret head with radial arms and in a horizontal plane, it is to be understood that my invention as claimed is not restricted to this specific arrangement, but that any other path of travel for the goods may be utilized. For example, a rectilinear path, either horizontal or vertical, may be used, in which case it is only necessary to substitute a traveling belt or chain for the turret head herein set forth.

Furthermore, it is not essential to my invention, as defined in certain of the claims, that it shall be embodied in a machine wherein the goods are required to come to an absolute stop at each station, for conceivably the stations themselves may be adapted to forward movement, in which case the gripping fingers and the goods may continue to travel while the various station operations take place as herein described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1 1. In a machine for wrapping cigars and the like a turret carrying ra'dially disposed arms having cigar gripping fingers, the turret adapted for turning movement interrupted by temporary dwells at stations located along the path of travel of the gripping fingers, means at the first station for enclosing the cigar in a wrapper of tubular form, and flattening devices between the first and second stations, end-forming devices at the sec- 0nd station ada ted to snugly shape a part of said flattene end conformably with the top surface of the tapered cigar tip, sprin pressed means for smoothing the correspon ing lower area of the wrapper by drawing it with a wiping action from the base of the tapered tip toward the point and for holding said area in close fitting relation against the under side of the tip, wipin fingers for folding down and flattening the resulting 80 laterally projecting parts of the wrapper to form depending ears, a tucking finger pivoted and shaped to fold one of said depending ears underneath the tapered ti by a'wiping action progressing from the ase ear against the cigar, an abutment member adapted to fold the second depending ear upon the first at the commencement of the next advancing movement of the cigar to produce a spear-shaped projection, supportmg means at the third station for engaging the wrapper at the base of said projection, and down-wiping means for bending said projection downward and for tightening the wrapper upon the cigar tip, and ejecting means for discharging the completely wrapped cigar from the machine.

2. n a machine for wrapping cigars and similar goods having tapered ends, a turret head carrying grippers and mounted for progressive rotary movement interrupted b temporary stops at stations along the pat of travel of said grippers, means at the first station for enclosing the goods in a wrapper of tubular form, means at the second station adapted to form the projecting ends of the wrapper with gussets, means for overlapping the sidewalls of said gussets one u on the other, and means at the third station for bending the projecting ends of said overlapped portions and means for ejecting the goods from the machine, the device at each station performing its particular ortion of the entire operation simultaneous y with "the devices at the other stations.

3. In a machine for wrapping cigars and similar goods having tapered ends a turret head earring grippers and mounted for progressive rotary movement, stations along the path of travel of said grippers, means at the first station for enclosing the goods in a wrapper of tubular form, means at the second station adapted to form the projecting ends of thewrapper with gussets, means for overlapping the side walls of said gussets one upon t e other, and means at the third station for bending the projecting ends of said overlapped portions, and means for ejecting the goods from the machine, the device at each station performing its particular por tion of the entire operation simultaneously with the devices at the other stations.

4. In a machine for wrapping cigars and the like, means for enveloping the cigar in a wrapper of tubular form and means for flattening the tubular end thereof, a sset tucker whose peripheral edges are s apcd to closely fit a face of the tapered end of the cigar, a finger carried bysaid tucker for yieldingly folding and smoothing the laps of said tubular end, a pair of side wipers movable relative to the gusset tucker for smoothing the side folds of the gusset to form depending ears, 9. tucking finger adapted to fold one of said ears underneath the tip of the cigar, an abutment member whose working face, shaped to the tapered tip of the cigar, is adapted to oppose the thrust thereof produced by the gusset tucker and of the tip to its point to mold the said folded side wiper, means for foldin the remaining ear of the gusset and means or bending over the spear-shaped projecting end so formed, for the purposes set forth.

5. In a cigar wrapping machine agusset tucker whose working edges are shaped to the contour of a wall of the tapered cigar tip and define the creases of the gusset folds, and a spring-finger carried by said gusset tucker and operable upon a part of the wrapper between said edges, for the purposes set forth.

6. In a cigar wrapping machine the combination of a reciprocatory gusset tucker having a spring finger thereon, an abutment member in opposed relation to said gusset tucker, cooperative extended faces on said tucker and abutment member adapted to flatten between them the extremity of the wrapper beyond the tip of the clgar, op-

positely positioned wiping fingers springpressed toward each other and adapted to form depending ears in the wrapper and means for folding said ears in overlapped relation, for the purposes set forth.

7. In a cigar wrapping machine the combination of a gusset tucker, an abutment member in opposed relation to said gusset tucker, co-operative faces on said tucker and abutment member adapted to flatten between.

them a portion of the wrapper beyond the tip of the cigar, oppositely positioned wipin of the tubular wrapper against the opposite fingers mounted for vertical movement an wall of the cigar tip, a crease-defining memarranged in co-operation with the side walls her having its working edges sha ed to the of said tucker to form dependin ears at the cigar tip and having its side we. ls shaped 3 sides of theflattened portion of t e wrapper, conformably therewith, ear-formin wipers and folding means for said ears, for the puradapted to stroke the said side we ls from poses set forth. said creasing edges, flattening means en- 8. In a machine for wrapping cigars and gaging the part of the gusset between the the like including the formation of a spearears so formed, folding means for overlap- 10 shaped projection at the end of the wrapper, ping said ears one upon the other, and means 75 an upstanding blade, means for positioning for creasing and bending the pointed projecthe wrapped cigar u on said blade at the tion so formed, for the purposes set forth. base of said spear-s aped projection, an In testimony whereof, I afiix m signature. end-wiper adapted to exert sidewise pressure FREDERICK G OVER.

and slight downward pressure upon the Y 80 wrapper around the cigar tip, and to bring the spearhaped projection snu 1y against the end of the blade, said wipler a 0 adapted to fold the projection upon t e blade, for the Q purposes set fort I 85 9. In a cigar wrapping machine, a folding device for the s ear-shaped projection produced at the en of the wrapper comprising a blade for sustaining the wrapped cigar at the base of the spear-shaped projection, 7 0 means for pressing upon the cigar to cause v the blade to snugly crease the wra per, and means for folding the creased end for the purposes set forth. so 10. In a cigar wrapping machine, means for g enveloping the cigar in a tubular wrapper having projecting ends, means for transporting the cigar along a table and means including a pair of opposed shaped uide members located near the edge of the talile in the path 100 of travel of the tubular end of the wrapper and adapted to receive said tubular end an to flatten the same at two sides durin its passage, to conform with the shape of t e oppo- 40 site walls of the enclosed cigar tip, for the purposes set forth.

11. In a cigar wrapping machine a stationary abutment member, a reciprocatory usset tucker whose working edges are shape con- 5 formably with the cigar tip and define there- I 110 on the crease line of a gusset, means for wiping and smoothing against the side walls of the gusset tucker those portions of the wraper at the tip of the cigar not embraced wit m the workin edges of the tucker to form n5 downwardly epending ears, and extension faces on said tucker and said abutment co operating to flatten between them a portion of the wrapper between said ears, for the purposes set forth.

12. In a wrapping machine including means for enveloping a cigar in a tubular wrapper having ends projectin flattenin means for said ends, a gussetorming an co folding device including a stationary abutment whose face is shaped to cause thewrapper to snugly fit a wall of the cigar tip for avoiding formation of an air pocket between the tip and wrapper, means for smoothing 65 and holding in overlapped relation the ends 

